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Leahy Warns Justice Department
To Disclose Patriot Act Powers

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Jess Bravin Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 11, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee threatened to subpoena Justice Department officials if they fail to tell Congress more about the use of new investigatory powers authorized after last year's terrorist attacks.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.), frustrated that the Bush administration has refused even to say how often it has used some of its new powers, told a top Justice Department official at a hearing Tuesday...